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		<title>Early Childhood Development or Chocolate Cake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read what I thought was going to be a cute post, however I was stunned midway through when I realized the concept they were eluding too. As a result the names and set-up used in that post have been changed to protect the innocent. It really was a cute post, and no, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Dads: I&#8217;m Lucky Mine Still Loves Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Silver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Step-Fathers are a breed unto themselves. I&#39;m really grateful for the Step-Father I have. He&#39;s one in a million. Read how I went from hating him and creating misbehavior-just to cause him grief, to recognizing the 9 things he did right and how they&#160;shaped my life.&#160; Photo courtesy of Sheknows.com &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>8 Limits That Make Video Games Good for Your Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You bought your child a video game&#8230;and now he won&#8217;t get up! Or worse, when you ask him to take a break, he screams, &#8220;But the game isn&#8217;t finished!&#8221; Here&#39;s how to fix it without taking away the fun. Every kid begs for video games. Parents hear the plea over and over again until they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Addressing What Our Kids Really Need?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Silver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just felt inspired to create this today. Proactive Parenting has&#160;products to help you respond, not react as you change your child&#39;s behavior. Look around, and if you like this post, please share!]]></description>
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		<title>Why Angry Kids Have a Hard Time Stopping the Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 02:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Silver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a parent educator I hear a lot of stories about angry aggressive kids who try and control others, hit, yell, scream, and throw tantrums. I mean I hear a l-o-t about it. Here&#8217;s a little known fact and a method that may help reduce your child&#8217;s anger. I switch from male to female in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Tantrums: How to Respond Not React</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Silver</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://proactiveparenting.net/?p=20662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote a FB post that shared some basics about how to Respond not React, Proactive Parenting&#8217;s brand statement. As an educator I always want parents to have as much information as possible so they so they can be successful. So I thought I&#8217;d address it more fully today. When a child throws a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iyanla Vanzant Inspired This One!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Silver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;I was so afraid that he [her son] would fail, that I forgot to affirm his success.&#34; Iyanla Vanzant. Iyanla&#8217;s statement caused me to do a great deal of thinking about the way parents&#8217; correct their kids. Why is it most parents feel the only way to correct a child&#8217;s behavior is through fear and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Just Stop Talking for 1 Minute!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Silver</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://proactiveparenting.net/?p=20641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Young children&#160;have a huge primary emotional need to&#160;connect&#160;to their parents,&#160;who&#160;do I think I&#39;m talking to, you see it every day!&#160;As parents&#160;you can easily&#160;remember how intuitively connected you were to your child when (s)he was an&#160;infant&#160;or&#160;toddler.&#160;A shift seems to naturally occur&#160;when&#160;parents reclassify their child as&#160;a little kid,&#160;not a baby or a toddler any more. From that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Button Parenting Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 22:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Silver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every parent faces hot button issues every single day. Between the stress of daily life and emotions associated with childhood parents are always looking for ways to correct behavior and return to&#160;peace and quiet. One very big hot button topic is endless arguing. My article&#160; &#34;4 Ways to Curb Your Child Endless Arguing&#34; on PopSugar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Sibling Bickering Be Stopped?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Silver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title is a question that every parent has at one time or another. Thanks to Helen Neale from Parenting Tips for 10 and Under for asking, &#34;Tips to Reduce Sibling Bickering&#8230;Before I go Totally Mad!?!?&#34; Sue Atkins responded by saying, &#34;Give each child 10 minutes of undivided attention on their own each day for [...]]]></description>
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